PLANNED EUROVIGNETTE REFORMS COULD RAISE TOLLS FOR INDIRECT TRANSPORT COSTS
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DRAFT changes to the European Union's (EU) Eurovignette directive could allow hauliers to be charged tolls covering direct and indirect costs of traffic pollution, noise and congestion. A leaked document containing reforms under discussion at the European Commission include draft proposals allowing Eurovignette charging to take account of the environmental and health costs of fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions. These may include "health costs, including medical care, loss of production and welfare costs, and crop losses ...
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